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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence

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Questions : Sudden involuntary muscular contraction.

(a) spasm

(b) spam

(c) span

(d) sprain

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

spasm

spasm (N.) : a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

sprain (N.) : an injury to a joint in your body (wrist/ankle) caused by suddenly twisting it

spam (N.) : unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk

span (N.) : the distance/interval between two points

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Question : 1

A person who lays too much stress on bookish–learning

a) pedant

b) philosopher

c) scholar

d) pervert

Answer: (a)

pedant

pedant (N.) : a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit

pervert (V.) : to affect somebody in a way that makes them act/ think in an immoral/ unacceptable way

Question : 2

Specially skilled in story – telling

a) a raconteur

b) a vocalist

c) a narrator

d) a compositor

Answer: (a)

a ranconteur

a raconteur (N.) : a person who is good at telling stories in an interesting and amusing way

a compositor (N.) : a person who arranges text on a page before printing

a vocalist (N.) : a singer, especially in a pop, rock/jazz band

a narrator (N.) : a person who tells a story, especially in a book, play/film

Question : 3

Something that is difficult to understand

a) inconclusive

b) inconceivable

c) incomprehensible

d) incomplete

Answer: (c)

incomprehensible

incomprehensible (Adj.) : impossible to understand

inconclusive (Adj.) : not leading to a definite decision/result

inconceivable (Adj.) : impossible to imagine/believe

Question : 4

Drug which causes people to sleep easily

a) soporific

b) beguile

c) pedant

d) poppy

Answer: (a)

soporific

soporific (N.) : a drug making you want to go to sleep

poppy (N.) : a wild/garden plant, with a large delicate flower that is usually red, and small black seeds

beguile (V.) : to trick somebody into doing something, by being nice to them

pedant (N.) : a person who is too concerned with small detail/ rules especially when learning/ teaching

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